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Taking homework too seriously. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]Feisl 728 points729 points ago

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My life here is terrible. Work environment is not great and benefits are little. But don't worry, everyday only about 10 people are seriously injured and I'm very careful. We opened a small shop, business isn't bad. Although I don't understand very much English, but I can still understand what white men say. Hopefully we can become successful, I will work hard and take care of myself.

Are you guys well? Miss you very much, hope to see you again.

[–]deepfriedsashimi 155 points156 points ago

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You doctor yet?

[–]Kaninbil 127 points128 points ago

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No dad, im 12

[–]DaveyGong 148 points149 points ago

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Talk to me when you doctor.

[–]brotorious 69 points70 points ago

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Twelve years of failure.

[–]Glycerine 14 points15 points ago

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Don't worry pal, another year and you'll have your doctorate. Then you'll show him!

[–]Nosoggybiscuits 3 points4 points ago

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shameful display

[–]Dapwell 220 points221 points ago

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Slow clap.

[–]potently-potable 14 points15 points ago

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Slightly faster clap

[–]witty_account_name 8 points9 points ago

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celebrity clap

[–]milleribsen 36 points37 points ago

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celebrity with the clap

[–]Roaning 19 points20 points ago

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Still would.

[–]Feltasneezecoming 4 points5 points ago

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Thunderous applause

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    [–]thinkmac 20 points21 points ago

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    It is also chronologically and historically correct to write the letter in Chinese Traditional format, because Simplified format didn't come out until past 1956 (according to Wikipedia)

    On the other hand, it is a little against the culture to tell your families from far away that your living condition is terrible. Because of gold rush and "American dream", most people will tell their families not to worry and that they are doing very well. It is those white lies that encourage more to pursue this so called American dream..

    [–]Quaeras 5 points6 points ago

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    We need your version of this assignment, please. For [social] Science!

    [–]thinkmac 10 points11 points ago*

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    Challenge accepted!

    爸爸媽媽，您還好嗎？我很想念你們! 弟弟和妹妹在學校做很還好嗎？我希望他們在學校的成績都很不錯, 聽您的話. 我的妻子是如何呢？她有沒有收到我送的信? 到目前為止，我還從沒有收到她的回信.

    這裡在美國，生活一直很好。我已經存了一些錢，前往全國各地旅遊。一切都是我的夢想。很快的, 我會寄錢給您。

    這將需要更多的一點時間，但是當我賺到足夠的錢，我一定會回來拜訪您。

    祝您幸福和健康 – {your son's name}

    [–]GeneralWarts 33 points34 points ago

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    This was my first time seeing the post. But apparently it goes way back.

    [–]ToastNoodles 2 points3 points ago

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    B-One-AZE!

    [–]RoflCopter4 6 points7 points ago

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    Have you tagged as "Youtube Mastermind. Not really, this guy's a retard."

    [–]GeneralWarts 4 points5 points ago

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    I'd be asking too much for a source to that tag wouldn't I?

    [–]RoflCopter4 5 points6 points ago

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    I'm afraid I have none.

    [–]GeneralWarts 8 points9 points ago

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    Naturally.

    So do you normally find off-hand ways to call people retarded on the internet? Or am I just special. (pun intended)

    [–]screamingmountainman 7 points8 points ago

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    Don't worry, B-One-Aze, I'm sure he means nothing by it.

    [–]SisRob 2 points3 points ago

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    that's my tag of him :)

    [–]GeneralWarts 2 points3 points ago

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    Thanks gang, you guys always know what to say.

    [–]magus424 0 points1 point ago

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    FYI you can put HTML in an RES tag - just be careful to leave some non-linked text so you can edit the tag later

    for example:

    <a href="source link">youtube mastermind</a>. not really, guy's a retard

    or the lazy:

    some tag text <a href="link here">(link)</a>

    obviously it doesn't help now, but useful for future tags - you can attach context to a tag to remind yourself later :)

    [–]borkedhelix 1 point2 points ago

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    Also, when you're filling out the tag, there's a handy dandy "Link" box. Puts a website link on the little profile window that pops up.

    [–]MuffinBaskt 1 point2 points ago

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    Hey B-One-AZE, what's up man!?

    [–]GeneralWarts 0 points1 point ago

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    Not much. Apparently I am a tag magnet!

    [–]wingman182 1 point2 points ago

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    Apparently. I have you tagged as If it fits, it ship.

    [–]sexylexy 1 point2 points ago

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    a tagnet?

    [–]injoyinmyself 6 points7 points ago

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    How does this tagging thing work? Is there a new version of RES? Or am I missing something?

    edit: you're going to tag me as dumb or something, huh?

    [–]tehbanz 21 points22 points ago

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    tagged you as dumb.

    [–]ecmmyers 6 points7 points ago

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    or something.

    [–]MuffinBaskt 6 points7 points ago

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    http://i.imgur.com/NTK5I.png

    [–]JakeCameraAction 6 points7 points ago

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    Been around for a long time. Used to be the little brackets next to someone's name. Now you click the tiny blue "tag" next to someone's name.

    [–]injoyinmyself 6 points7 points ago

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    Sweet. You're tagged as helpful.

    [–]str8shooter 0 points1 point ago

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    TIL

    [–]POLITE_SERIAL_KILLER 1 point2 points ago

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    Nice catch B1aze

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      [–]mmhquite 4 points5 points ago

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      GJ BRO! http://twentytwowords.com/2011/08/29/american-student-answers-test-question-in-chinese/

      [–]Mozzy 1 point2 points ago

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      I thought I opened the link to the AMA Request for the Toys R Us winner. I was very confused.

      [–]justonecomment 40 points41 points ago*

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      To bad he used simplified Chinese, which didn't exist in 1870.

      edit - apparently I'm wrong. It just looked a lot cleaner than traditional. Play with the Feisl post in google translate and you can see the differences. Up voting the two guys below that pointed out I was wrong. And not deleting this post like a coward.

      [–]laziassazn 223 points224 points ago

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      Too bad it was actually traditional Chinese.

      [–]anti_crastinator 62 points63 points ago

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      But ... with a ballpoint pen??

      [–]hoody8 19 points20 points ago

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      Although it's written in traditional Chinese, it is clear from both the level of language and the handwriting that it is not written by a native (my guess would be either a foreigner or an ABC learning written Chinese). Also note that the letter is written in bai hua (modern chinese writing), which was not commonly used in the 19th century for letter correspondence - most letters then would be written in Classical Chinese.

      [–]crackshot91 11 points12 points ago*

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      In case anyone was wondering: In this context, "ABC" means "American-born Chinese"

      [–]malomonster 2 points3 points ago

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      I just learned this term. That's what you get with a PhD!

      [–]R3MY 3 points4 points ago

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      In case anyone was wondering: In this context, "PhD" means "Doctor of Philosophy."

      [–]Snifit 2 points3 points ago

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      You're such an egghead.

      [–]thomycat 5 points6 points ago

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      i do not agree, the level of chinese is perhaps not high but it is definitely not low. and if an ABC can really write like this (cos it reads quite smoothly), then he/she must've learnt it well. my guess is that a taiwanese has written it.

      [–]colorific 1 point2 points ago

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      Okay, that's what I thought. I was thinking that if this was simplified Chinese, I've been learning some incorrect characters.

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        [–]moosetang 53 points54 points ago

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        he is not using the simplified form..... its tradition .....

        [–]brandonw00 26 points27 points ago

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        I upvoted you because you are brave to not delete this comment.

        [–]Chumkil 1 point2 points ago

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        So brave.....

        [–]Piratiko 56 points57 points ago

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        Boom, lawyered.

        [–]Gangstapantz 0 points1 point ago

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        upvoted for "awesome"

        [–]girsanov 8 points9 points ago

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        he used simplified Chinese before it was popular

        [–]brainsteww 2 points3 points ago

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        You would only have to have read until the 4th character to know it was traditional...

        [–]justonecomment 2 points3 points ago

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        That assumes I can read all characters. I haven't read Chinese in over 10 years and then all I could read were a few basic characters like 我, 你, 多少钱？. It looked simple enough that I could make out most of the characters and since I never learned traditional I assumed it was simplified and I was wrong.

        Assuming... damn...

        [–]thegargantua 0 points1 point ago

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        3rd actually, there's a simplified version of that char as well.

        [–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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        Thank god for guys like you....

        [–]Wogan121 4 points5 points ago

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        So brave.

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          [–]Liggee 0 points1 point ago

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          *Engrish

          [–]lunardeathgod 0 points1 point ago

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          I knew the comments wouldnt let em down.

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            [–]akwabaa 83 points84 points ago

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            not sure if asian kid in history class... or chinese class

            [–]Zelcron 101 points102 points ago

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            Scumbag Chinese Kid

            Takes Chinese for free credit, ruins curve.

            [–]AkodoRyu 16 points17 points ago

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            Call me ignorant, but what is a curve you are mentioning? I'm guessing it's some kind of grading based on bell curve?

            If so, why would something like this be used in education? It defeats the whole idea of exam and actual, fair grading. If 70% of class got 90-95%+ points, 70% of class deserves A, or whatever would the top mark be.

            [–]Zelcron 15 points16 points ago

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            There's a few ways it can play out. The most common one I've seen is that the highest grade in the class is weighted to 100%, so if one person scores a 97 in a hard subject, and the rest of the class scores around 75 (or even the next best person), that one person has had a major impact on their grade.

            Alternately, some courses might only give A's to the highest X number of students, B's the next Y, etc. This is sometimes used as a predatory practice at some institutions who offer merit based financial aid. They'll admit freshman with the promise that as long as they keep their GPA above a certain level, their tuition will be paid. At the same time they'll admit so many freshman under those terms that it becomes mathematically impossible that all but a handful won't end up owing tens of thousands of dollars to the institution.

            [–]UmYes 2 points3 points ago

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            I've seen curves done both of those ways, but also I've seen it where the class average is below a C, so they'll raise everyone in the class's grades by a few points so the average is a C.

            [–]IsABot 11 points12 points ago

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            Curves are bullshit. Either you get the question right, or you get it wrong.

            [–]jamstight 14 points15 points ago

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            I disagree. Yes, you either get the question right or wrong but I think giving someone a grade relative to how the rest of the class did makes more sense than holding them to a standard nobody else could reach. I mostly think this because that's how the real world works though. Everything is relative, perfection is all based on perceptions.

            [–]jacekplacek 1 point2 points ago

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            BS. That means if someone is in a class of morons (s)he will get all As with very little work. But someone who masters the topic much better would fail in the class of geniuses.

            [–]IsABot 1 point2 points ago

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            Except in some fields, the difference between right and wrong could ruin lives.

            Yeah if you are in Art History, big whoop if you get something wrong. If you are an engineer, say civil engineering, you could kill someone by miscalculating.

            [–]Jhultgre 10 points11 points ago

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            ironicly as an art student none of my classes were curved yet most of my engineer friends classes were

            [–]MoarVespenegas 9 points10 points ago

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            That's because if the engineering classes weren't curved the class average would be 30%.

            [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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            In my experience, curves were used in classes where the whole point of the class was to teach you to deal with difficult problems you'll face in your field, as opposed to memorization.

            An organic chemistry class, for example, might be graded on a curve if the majority of the test consisted of asking students to design a process to synthesize molecules, instead of just asking them "Is this an alcohol?".

            The latter is a more important skill, but in the real world, you're not going to be trying to answer that many questions in that short a time period. They can either give you easy, useless questions, or hard, helpful questions you don't have enough time to answer. So they give you questions you're expected to mess up a bit, and grade it on a curve. And a 45% on the exam becomes a passing grade.

            Of course, this is ONE situation where a teacher might use curves, and the system can be abused. But it's not inherently bad.

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                [–]Chrysalis_ 1 point2 points ago

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                The point of a curve is to normalize scores based on the difficulty of a test. There's nothing special about 90%, 80%, etc, as these are just arbitrary cutoffs. On high-level physics exams, it's pretty standard for the highest score to be below 50%, so it wouldn't make sense not to apply a curve.

                [–]GKworldtour 0 points1 point ago

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                This is why US exchange students love Australia, no grading curve!

                [–]kekle 3 points4 points ago

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                Don't ever go to law school in the U.S. For three years the entire worth of your existence is based on a curve.

                [–]BoysenberryJamFan 3 points4 points ago

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                The issue is you don't always know how difficult the class or exam will be, and it would be unfair to grade everyone based on an untested scheme. If the highest grade in the class is 80%, you're not going to give everyone C's and D's, since you probably just gave a very difficult test.

                [–]bradleyjx 2 points3 points ago

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                Probably the best explanation I've heard from a professor (when I was in college) was that it allowed him to not need to build the test worrying about it being too hard, and he could then always just make the tests very high on the conceptual understanding and application of topics, not just the "did you memorize the topic" questions.

                Another way to think of it: A lot of tests have questions which are designed for a large percentage of the class to be able to answer. (fill-in-the-blank, multiple-choice) Grading on a curve lets a test be much heavier on those applied questions that are generally only towards the end of tests.

                [–]SolidSquid 1 point2 points ago

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                afaik it only partially influences the grade, and is intended to compensate for variance in test difficulty. I've never actually seen it being used though, most schools use marking schemes now which clarify which each point is for and don't allow for that kind of flexible marking

                [–]temp9876 1 point2 points ago

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                don't listen to these guys, the curve can be brilliant. Most of my University career was spent on the curve, EXCEPT for failing. You couldn't be pushed down to a fail by the curve if your absolute grade was a pass.

                But imagine this: your prof gives the mother of all impossible exams and you tank it. But so does everyone else. Should your GPA hit the shitter because the prof made an impossibly difficult exam?

                So the way the curve method works is that we assume that the performance of the class will be normally distributed and that the average grade should be a B. Then we use that as a benchmark to adjust performance measurement.

                It seems like a raw deal, and it feels like it if you ever get pushed down. But when an entire class has unusually high or low grades, odds are that it isn't the students, it's the teacher. Why should those students be punished (or rewarded) because the didn't get a strong prof or an easy exam?

                That's my ramble on the subject, you can see me during office hours if you'd like to dispute your grade.

                [–]Bertongod 0 points1 point ago

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                Only if its the day you post finals grades. I will also show up the day before finals and ask for extra credit opportunities. See you in two months!

                [–]stationhollow 0 points1 point ago

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                That's the thing. The average grade shouldn't be a B. It should be a C. From my experience US universities have inflated grades.

                [–]jgoonld 1 point2 points ago

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                It depends on the type of exam. The best class I've ever taken was a small organic chemistry II course in college where the professor specifically made the test such that the average was around 50% and focused on application to situations that we hadn't previously encountered before. The range of scores was also huge and allowed for determination of who really understood the material, who memorized the material, and who didn't work at all in the class. If the class hadn't been curved, I would have gotten like a C- (I got an A- curved), but it was still the course that's taught me the most. Similar goes for many of my exams in other courses (physical biochemistry was a killer that would have had a class full of D's without a curve).

                [–]CubicKinase 0 points1 point ago

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                Be afraid of any instructor who says they grade on a strict normal distribution (bell curve). Be very afraid.

                [–]vipre 0 points1 point ago

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                ignorant

                [–]elephantx 0 points1 point ago

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                Law school.

                [–]sicinfit 0 points1 point ago

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                Life doesn't work that way, friend.

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                  [–]OutofStep 2 points3 points ago

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                  Mexican Americans love education, so they go to night school... and they take Spanish and get a B.

                  [–]mjbat7 1 point2 points ago

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                  Scumbag English speaking kids

                  Take English for free credit, ghettoise ESL kids

                  [–]BranchDavidian 51 points52 points ago

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                  At least he stayed in character.

                  [–]Scriblette 13 points14 points ago

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                  This. It's ridiculous how much I laughed, then turned to my husband and Groucho'ed my eyebrows while saying "Character, character... AMIRITE?"

                  [–]mmhquite 16 points17 points ago

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                  Your sex must be amazing.

                  [–]Piratiko 5 points6 points ago

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                  eelface.jpg

                  [–]Gaunah 23 points24 points ago

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                  Anyone seeking more info might also check here:

                  title comnts points age /r/
                  homework 2coms 12pts 5mos funny
                  You are to assume the role of a Chinese immigrant in 1870... [PIC] 764coms 2347pts 2yrs pics
                  Extra Credit... 14coms 240pts 3mos funny
                  Letter home... 1com 10pts 5mos funny
                  Smart-ass Chinese student. 205coms 910pts 5mos pics
                  Took the instructions too literally 16coms 440pts 6dys funny

                  source: karmadecay

                  [–]B_Elanna_Torres 1 point2 points ago

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                  First time I saw this repost was 5 months ago? Holy shit time flies.

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                    [–]monkeymasher 5 points6 points ago

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                    You forgot to write from top to bottom, left to right, with the paper in landscape.

                    [–][deleted] ago

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                    [deleted]

                    [–]monkeymasher 0 points1 point ago

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                    I said top to bottom, but you're correct on right to left.

                    [–]SoCalDan 0 points1 point ago

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                    Whoa, he didn't want to take it THAT seriously.

                    [–]TyrannosaurusRexicus 10 points11 points ago*

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                    Why is this taking homework too seriously? Obviously someone didn't go out and learn Chinese just to write this letter.

                    [–]Exfile 3 points4 points ago

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                    Are you one hundred percent sure?

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                      [–][deleted] 39 points40 points ago

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                      The typical Chinese laborer in 1870 would have been illiterate.

                      www.sscnet.ucla.edu/soc/faculty/zhou/pubs/Zhou_Kim_Paradox.pdf (pg. 232)

                      Nice try, but...F.

                      [–]sky_kid 53 points54 points ago

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                      But that would be a flaw in the assignment, not the response.

                      [–][deleted] 21 points22 points ago

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                      The correct response would have been to leave it blank but get the paper all crinkly with tears.

                      [–]hate_sf_hobos 2 points3 points ago

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                      Tears of Blood

                      [–]dwightmoody 2 points3 points ago

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                      However literate people would supplement their income by taking dictation for correspondence.

                      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                      I guess this was an atypical Chinese laborer.

                      [–]isamee 0 points1 point ago

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                      did you do research just to post a comment?

                      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                      My doctorate is in 19th century history. Comes in handy every now and then.

                      [–]eddy_butler 2 points3 points ago

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                      I remember seeing this on Digg! I also got 1400 thumbs up for the comment "touché". They were simpler times...

                      [–]theredditorhimself 2 points3 points ago

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                      "I love loop holes."

                      [–]Wh33ler[!] 10 points11 points ago

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                      我以前看着张照片，所以我不喜欢。

                      [–]Dickfore 36 points37 points ago

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                      tc;dr

                      [–]OLOL99 12 points13 points ago

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                      我同意。

                      Also, fuck simplified.

                      [–]Wh33ler[!] 3 points4 points ago

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                      It's the only form taught at my university.

                      [–]thinkmac 2 points3 points ago*

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                      I am definitely biased, as I grew up writing traditional, but simplified is simply butt ugly.

                      Just imagine every American writes English in Graffiti format. ಠ_ಠ

                      [–]melanthius 0 points1 point ago

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                      I'm sad to say that I was very familiar with that fucked up Graffiti stylus language back when I had the piece of shit that was the Palm IIIc.

                      Can't tell you how many styluses I lost because they would just fall out of the device. I had 3 units have a screen problem - first 2 were replaced but I received refurbs instead of new units, after the third they basically said fuck it, you're on your own.

                      After that it wasn't until 2010 that I finally got a Smartphone for work. I spent about 9 years or so in a state of totally shit organization.

                      [–]To-The-End 2 points3 points ago

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                      我只知道怎么写简体字. :( sorry.

                      [–]lord_nougat 8 points9 points ago

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                      That deserves some extra credit, methinks!

                      [–]iampug 5 points6 points ago

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                      Horizon?? Social studies?? Asian?? Is this in british columbia??

                      [–]Rshab 0 points1 point ago

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                      That was my first thought as well. This is a grade 10 assignment

                      [–]HankSpank 1 point2 points ago

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                      Is this from Minnetonka High School?

                      [–]PericlesATX 1 point2 points ago

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                      These aren't the people that built the railroads, Dude.

                      Err wait. Actually, scratch that. These are the people that built the railroads.

                      [–]soitalwaysgoes 1 point2 points ago

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                      Anyone else see the irony that about 30 people posted the same link proving this is a repost?

                      [–]imsodizzy 1 point2 points ago

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                      *Using bullets

                      • Was completely unnecessary

                      [–]The_Moustache 1 point2 points ago

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                      This is like the 3rd time Ive seen this repost this week

                      ಠ_ಠ

                      [–][deleted] ago

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                      [–]The_Moustache 2 points3 points ago

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                      I HAVE A PROBLEM OKAY?

                      [–]shootdontplease 1 point2 points ago

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                      Buried, but whatever: I did this once but in Spanish. I was testing to see whether my teacher (who never returned assignments) ever even read the things we turned in. He never mentioned it so case closed I guess.

                      [–]NonY450 1 point2 points ago

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                      This is even funnier after the eighteenth time it's been reposted.

                      [–]presidentender 18 points19 points ago

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                      FW:fw:fwd:fw:Re:re:fw:fw:re: CHINESE HOMEWORK

                      [–]Captainpatch 35 points36 points ago

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                      Can we all just agree to stop upvoting the least original comment on reddit, even if it happens to be about unoriginal posts?

                      [–]lediablerouge 5 points6 points ago

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                      Okay. Give the spare upvotes you would have used to me then.

                      [–]greatgerm 1 point2 points ago

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                      I guess not

                      [–]WarPhalange 0 points1 point ago

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                      No.

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                        [–]AdjutantStormy 3 points4 points ago

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                        Repost.

                        [–][deleted] 17 points18 points ago

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                        Are you happy with your life?

                        [–]AdjutantStormy 6 points7 points ago

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                        Yep.

                        [–]PatFight 6 points7 points ago

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                        Are you happy with your fife?

                        [–]AdjutantStormy 1 point2 points ago

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                        I am disappointed by my complete lack of fife.

                        [–]PatFight 6 points7 points ago

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                        I now have you tagged as "fifeless"

                        [–]DJUrsus 1 point2 points ago

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                        Fife.

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                          [–]reagan-nomics 2 points3 points ago

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                          I think I saw this about a month ago.

                          [–]jaggazz 12 points13 points ago

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                          And the month before that, and the month before that...

                          http://karmadecay.com/i.imgur.com/0s1oM.jpg

                          [–]iNOTgoodATcomp 1 point2 points ago

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                          BURN HIM WITH DOWNVOTES!

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                            [–]ninjanick33 0 points1 point ago

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                            Homework Level- Asian

                            [–]Valendr0s 1 point2 points ago

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                            Don't they write right to left?

                            [–]obscureted 1 point2 points ago

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                            I'm probably completely wrong about this simplified chinese people are talking about in this thread, but yes. I seem to remember chinese writing in columns from top right to bottom left (you start reading at top right, downwards and then continue to the next column on your left). Wish someone could tell me how it is.

                            [–]dwightmoody 2 points3 points ago

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                            Traditionally Chinese was written top to bottom then right to left.

                            In modern times often written left to write, then top to bottom.

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                              [–]c4ptainmorgan 1 point2 points ago

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                              Repost of a Repost of a Repost of a Repost of a Repost.

                              [–]foxh8er 1 point2 points ago

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                              Homework level: Asian.

                              [–]the_mighty_skeetadon 1 point2 points ago

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                              Not gonna lie -- I came here 100% expecting this would be the top comment. I was pleasantly surprised.

                              [–]OilySalmon 0 points1 point ago

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                              I have no clue how to write these characters quickly. Mine always look freaking atrocious.

                              [–]VirgiliusNix 0 points1 point ago

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                              What if it's homework for Chinese lessons?

                              [–]TrueSol 0 points1 point ago

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                              So many backwards lamdas.

                              [–]Nifarious 0 points1 point ago

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                              Pft, would be using traditional, if writing at all, duh!

                              Scrolls down at other comments.

                              Eh, the price of reaching for the low hanging fruit.

                              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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                              U might want to take it easy there dude

                              [–]CasinoRoy 0 points1 point ago

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                              Better have aced it...

                              [–]AJarofTomatoes 0 points1 point ago

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                              hes doing it wrong. That should be read top to bottom not left to right.

                              [–]dukeipod 0 points1 point ago

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                              Mandated repost time is 5-7 days. Please follow the rules the next time you repost.

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                              [deleted]

                              [–]greenteamuimui 1 point2 points ago

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                              hold on...so you are white? since Vancouver is also called Hong-couver...

                              [–]GJCaesar1138 0 points1 point ago

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                              Honestly, my favorite part of this picture is this:

                              Your letter should include the following:

                              • your contributions and experiences in the West.

                              Just...why?

                              [–]mediaG33K 0 points1 point ago

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                              Instant A.

                              [–]readysetPAUSE 0 points1 point ago

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                              for some reason, i didnt understand that the answer WASN'T supposed to be written in chinese...

                              [–]lemeontop 0 points1 point ago

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                              Like a baus

                              [–]talrid 0 points1 point ago

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                              The following things bothered me about this assignment:

                              • Use of a list with only one item

                              [–]Inquizo 0 points1 point ago

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                              That feel when you can only read simplified.

                              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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                              I've read a significant portion of the comments, and still have no idea what's so funny. Someone wrote a handful of sentences to answer a problem... ha ha?

                              [–]tothesource 0 points1 point ago

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                              pretty sure it was a chinese student trollin so the title should be "taking homework too badassedly"

                              [–]hey_sergio 0 points1 point ago

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                              Yup. It's the Big Scary ones.

                              [–]sakurashinken 0 points1 point ago

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                              Maybe chinese class?

                              [–]twitinkie 0 points1 point ago

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                              HAHA

                              [–]holst09 0 points1 point ago

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                              他写了汉字！ 我也得写汉字！

                              [–]Socks_In_The_Mirror 0 points1 point ago

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                              Took me far too long to get this.

                              [–]themightybaron 0 points1 point ago

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                              A+

                              [–]skeddles 0 points1 point ago

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                              unless it was an assignment for a chinese learning class...

                              [–]AdorablyDead 0 points1 point ago

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                              I hope that person got all the extra credit points in the world.

                              [–]freedumb23 0 points1 point ago

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                              looks like an A+ to me

                              [–]eaturdemons 0 points1 point ago

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                              trolling on a whole new demension...

                              i like your style.

                              [–]SdstcChpmnk 0 points1 point ago

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                              We had to do a report on the Hobbit from the perspective of Bilbo. Kind of like a journal that he would have written. I wrote it in the dwarvish alphabet, but it was mostly bullshit and gibberish. Got an A.

                              [–]tyvanius 0 points1 point ago

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                              Something tells me the teacher failed this. I know if someone did this in my old high school, they'd get an F. Fucking asshole teachers don't know a genius when they teach one.

                              [–]meangrampa 0 points1 point ago

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                              You can never take work too seriously. Problems arise when we take these things for granted.

                              [–]leeser3551 0 points1 point ago

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                              fucking repost...

                              [–]Erzsabet 0 points1 point ago

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                              When I was in high school we had to write a short story about an alien who arrived on Earth after we had all gone and write from the aliens point of view or something. Mine was late but I made up my own alphabet and wrote my whole story in that, with a translation key. Instead of getting marks off for being late, I got an A, probably because the teacher didn't want to bother translating it.

                              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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                              he aced this test, right?

                              [–]AmAiizIn 0 points1 point ago

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                              You're from BC and in grade 10. Tell me if I'm wrong.

                              [–]itttdone 0 points1 point ago

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                              hey OP I had that assignment in my History class before. MC?

                              [–]mythcaptor 0 points1 point ago

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                              Holy shit, Ive done this worksheet! Horizons is the social studies 10 textbook in BC Canada. Weird.

                              [–]gormanboy 0 points1 point ago

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                              this looks like uwcsea homework..

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